Odd isn’t it? I love giving surprises to other people but I really can’t stand surprises myself.
So what brought this on? Well recently a small group of friends and I put our heads together to plan out a surprise party for another friend who needed a bit of a boost.
Without going into details said friend had gone through a difficult time in their life and is slowly going into an upswing. We wanted to give said friend an additional boost in this upswing in hopes that he didn’t lose the momentum prior to this difficult time.
They were surprised, happy, and humbled (their words all changed around) with what was given to them and it gave all involved a warm, fuzzy feeling inside to know that we have done a good deed…
But naturally I started thinking: “If someone were to throw me a surprise party of some sort how would I react?”
Every time I asked myself this question I always come up with the same answer: